Internet Gambling Alive And Kicking

Who said that Internet gambling is on the throes of death? Ever since Bush signed into law the Unlawful Internet Gambling Act, the online gambling community suffered great losses. Each sector had its own take on the matter. Some said that online gambling would eventually die out while others said that the law would eventually be repealed. Well, it’s been some years since the law was laid down and neither has happened.

According to a report published by comScore Media Matrix, Internet gambling is actually on a roll. Poker News Daily reports:

Anyone who says that the internet gambling boom in the United States is subsiding would be stating the exact opposite of a recent report issued by comScore Media Metrix. The company, which “is a global Internet information provider to which leading companies turn for consumer behavior insight that drives successful marketing, sales and trading strategies,” according to its website, released a summary of July’s online traffic in the United States. Glancing down the list of “Top 10 Gaining Categories by Percentage Change in Unique Visitors (U.S.),” you’ll notice “Online Gambling,” which ranks as number seven on the list. All in all, the number of unique visitors who visited internet gambling sites increased by 5% from June to July, 2008.

In June, 2008, there were 12,038,000 unique visitors to online gambling sites, a pretty large number considering that the population of the United States is 300,000,000. In essence, one out of every 25 people in the United States visited an online gambling portal in June. In July, that number jumped to 12,648,000, up 5%.

I don’t know about you, but I probably am part of this statistic.